The battle for the US presidential election has heated up as many citizens seem to have reached their limit of dissatisfaction with their current way of life. Sheriff Chad Bianco of Riverside County, California, publicly expressed his weariness of lawmakers and elected officials’ disregard for the rule of law, unequivocally stating his support for former President Donald Trump to reclaim the White House in the November election.
In a video posted on his personal Instagram account, Sheriff Bianco, clad in his sheriff uniform, criticized the current policies in California for making law enforcement work extremely difficult. He mocked politicians for absolving criminals of responsibility and even giving them preferential treatment.
“For the past 30 years, I have been working tirelessly to protect the safety of our community: arresting criminals, putting them behind bars, keeping them away from our neighborhoods. However, in the past five years, I have been critical of the Governor of California for cutting disciplinary budgets, releasing prisoners early, and closing prisons,” Sheriff Bianco stated in the video.
“I have been criticizing our state legislative body because they have passed laws that make it extremely difficult to put criminals behind bars: they amend laws to release prisoners early; I have also been critical of our Attorney General, who seems to not care about crime issues, putting law enforcement in an awkward position,” he added.
The Sheriff sarcastically remarked that the state’s love and care for criminals are based on the belief that criminals do not need to be accountable for their actions – they are considered victims of society. He questioned whether everything has become the fault of the public, society, businesses, law enforcement, or even himself.
Sheriff Bianco criticized left-leaning officials for using “systemic racism in the justice system and law enforcement” as an excuse to release a large number of criminals early and pass laws that enable criminals.
During the pandemic in 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom released approximately 10,000 prisoners in the state of California within just over four months to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spread in prison facilities. On May 1, 2021, without warning, Newsom announced the early release of 76,000 prisoners, including violent offenders, serious criminals, and those serving life sentences.
Due to various reasons, the current public safety situation in California has raised red flags, leaving both residents and businesses in distress.
Sheriff Bianco jokingly hinted that he is no longer fighting against the current trend, saying, “I think I need to switch teams. I believe it’s not the time to release them and provide them with alcohol, drugs, and such, but it’s the time for us to send ‘serious offenders’ to the White House.”
The “serious offender” he referred to is Trump. Following a controversial trial on May 30, a New York jury found Trump guilty, making him the first former president in US history to be convicted. Trump firmly denies the charges, dismissing the trial as a manipulated and very unfair conspiracy aimed at preventing his return to the White House.
After this verdict, Sheriff Bianco released the aforementioned video on June 1, openly urging the public to support Trump’s return to the White House, “Trump 2024, let’s save this country, let’s make America great again.”
Opinion polls indicate that Trump’s conviction has not impacted his November presidential election prospects. Trump’s campaign team stated that within a mere 24 hours of the Manhattan jury ruling him guilty of “fabricating business records,” they raised nearly $53 million in funding. Several billionaires have also publicly expressed their support for Trump.
In response, Biden said the only way to prevent Trump from returning to the White House is through the voters’ ballot box.